The Ultra Peptide Duo is two evening products used one after the other. After cleansing, press two to four drops of the Wrinkle Reducing Ultra Peptide Intensive Face Serum into your skin and give it about a minute to absorb. Then massage a small amount of the Wrinkle Reducing Ultra Peptide Intensive Night Cream over your face, neck and décolletage as the very last step. Use it at night only, skip it on nights you use a retinoid, and expect skin that looks smoother and brighter by morning.
What is in the duo
The Ultra Peptide Duo pairs our two peptide formulas. The serum is light and silky, with Argireline, Matrixyl 3000 and Snap-8 in a fast-absorbing rosehip seed oil base, plus centella asiatica and sodium hyaluronate. The night cream is rich and velvety, with the same three peptides, rosehip seed oil, sorbitol, sodium hyaluronate and centella asiatica. One carries the peptides into the skin quickly; the other seals everything in and keeps skin cushioned until morning. A specialist cosmetic lab makes both for us.
Step 1: Cleanse
Start with a clean face, so the serum goes onto skin and not onto the day's sunscreen and makeup. Our Rose Face Wash Cream works well here: press it into damp skin, massage, and rinse. It cleanses without leaving skin tight, which matters before a peptide routine. Pat your face dry with a towel.
If you like a toner, a few spritzes of Rose Petal Mist Face Toner can go on now. Let it settle before the serum.
Step 2: Press in the serum
Shake two to four drops of the Wrinkle Reducing Ultra Peptide Intensive Face Serum into your palm. Two is enough for most faces; use four if your skin is dry or you are covering the neck as well. Warm the drops between your fingertips and press them into your forehead, cheeks, the lines beside the mouth and the outer corners of the eyes. Pressing keeps more of the serum on your skin than rubbing does.
Step 3: Wait about a minute
This is the step people skip. Give the serum a minute to sink in before the cream goes on. It absorbs quickly, and once it has, the cream spreads evenly over it instead of sliding around on a wet layer. Use the minute to brush your teeth.
Step 4: Finish with the night cream
Take a small amount of the Wrinkle Reducing Ultra Peptide Intensive Night Cream, about the size of a pea for the face and a little more for the neck and décolletage. Warm it between your fingertips; it melts as you do. Massage it over face, neck and décolletage with upward strokes. It settles into a soft, cushioned layer that you will feel until morning. Nothing else goes on after it.
Adding other products around the duo
- The Midnight Youth Potion. If you use our oil-serum at night, our Midnight Glow set puts it before the night cream: serum, potion, then cream last.
- The Royal Kalahari Face Serum. Our Youth Trifecta set puts it in the morning, with sunscreen, and keeps the peptide serum and night cream for the evening.
- Vitamin C. Our Vitamin C Collagen Boosting Face Serum with Niacinamide belongs in the morning too. Its product page asks you to keep it away from retinol and benzoyl peroxide in the same routine.
- Retinoids. Skip the duo on nights you use a retinoid, and come back to it the next evening.
Mistakes that hold results back
- Using it in the morning. Both formulas are made for the evening. In the morning, reach for a lighter serum and sunscreen.
- Layering it with retinol. Give each its own night.
- Too much cream. A small amount covers the face. More only sits on the surface and ends up on the pillow.
- Stopping too soon. Skin looks smoother and brighter the first morning, but softer-looking fine lines take steady nightly use. Give it two to three months before you judge.
- Forgetting sunscreen. Whatever the night does, daily sunscreen protects it.
If you want to know more about why the serum and cream come as a pair, read inside the Ultra Peptide Duo.
Questions about using the Ultra Peptide Duo
How many drops of the serum should I use?
Two to four drops, pressed into clean skin in the evening. Start with two and add more if your skin is dry or you are covering your neck.
How long should I wait between the serum and the cream?
About a minute, until the serum has sunk in. Then smooth the night cream over the top.
Can I use the duo every night?
Yes, except on nights you use a retinoid. On those nights, skip the duo and pick it up again the next evening.
Where does the night cream go besides the face?
Over the neck and décolletage as well. Use a small amount for the face and a little more for the neck and chest.
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